All Health & safety articles – Page 23
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Builder jailed for three years for death of 15 year old worker
Victim, who was crushed to death by a collapsing wall in absence of employer, said to be youngest killed on construction site
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Oh, what a tangled web…
Apparently, they've discovered a six-foot-tall spider in Hong Kong – this poor builder is caught in its web. Oh, hang on, no, that's scaffolding
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Workers die in Madonna stage collapse
British engineer one of two dead as accident during construction of concert stage at French stadium injures dozens more
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Tower cranes register delayed until January
HSE voices data protection concerns as consultation reveals £3m administration cost
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Contractors dismiss need for gangmaster licences
Contractors are widely opposing recommendations in a government report on construction deaths that gangmaster licensing rules should be extended to include the industry
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Is the Donaghy report into construction deaths the way forward?
Construction industry safety insiders Shaun Davis and John Spanswick give their views
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Liverpool crane’s base ‘not suitable’
Questions are being asked over the suitability of the base of the tower crane that collapsed onto a block of flats in Liverpool last Monday
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Step-by-step safety
So the first stepladder leads up to the mobile platform, then you have your second stepladder on top of that – clever!
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Builders convicted of manslaughter of 15-year-old worker
Court rules that health and safety breaches led to death of Adam Gosling in 2007
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RNS Construction fined £8k over death of owner
Court rules that dangerous working practices led to death of owner Robert Sellick when building a dairy in 2005
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Tower crane register cost could top £3m
HSE consultation document reveals inclusion of self-erected cranes could add millions to scheme
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Crane collapses follow Delhi bridge accident
Metro corporation denies claims four were injured during clean-up operation, after six died and 15 were hurt in yesterday’s incident
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Five dead and 13 hurt in Delhi metro collapse
Disaster as 4km metal cantilever falls during construction of the Indian capital's new metro system
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A little circus training is a dangerous thing
No, man, no – you have to hold the ladder at right angles to the roof ridge if it's to work effectively as a balancing aid!
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A balanced approach to safety
Wearing no shoes makes climbing the ropes up to the roof section much easier for these Indonesian workers
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They’re remaking Casablanca!
Our thanks to Gavin Edwards, who sent us this picture of a project in a certain well known Moroccan city
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Wobbly floors delay G&T office move
Months-long delay to completion caused by vibrating floors at new West End office costs developer dear in rent
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Industry divided over Camberwell fire
Fire experts have cautioned against blaming the building design for the spread of a fire that killed six people at a block of flats in Camberwell, south London
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Deaths inquiry calls for labour agency curbs
Gangmaster regulations brought in after the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle-pickers in Morecambe Bay five years ago could be extended to the construction industry
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PC Harrington fined for Wembley death
Concrete contractor to pay fine of £150,000 over 12 months for site accident in which one man was killed and another injured